Scraping tool



Patented May in, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAROUS E. Karma, 01' CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE PRESSED IETAI.PROD- UCTS OOIPANY,'OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, .A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

SCBAPING TOOL.

Application filed August 25, 1927. Serial No. 215,295.

This invention relates to scrapers suitable for scraping wood or glassor for removing from hard, smooth surfaces paint, paper or othersubstances adhering thereto; and the main object of the invention is toprovide a holder in which a suitable straight edged blade, such a theblade of the Gillette safety razor, may be placed and effectively heldfor the purpose indicated and which may also be sheathed when the toolis not in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a scraping tool of thecharacter described which comprises few parts, all of which may be madefrom metal stampings except the blade, and which by reason of itssimplicity and design is well adapted for quantity production atcomparatively low cost.

Further and more limited objects of the invention will a pear as thedescription proceeds and by reihrence to the accompanying drawing inwhich Fig. 1 is a top plan view of my device with the sheath positionedso as to cover the cutting ed e of the blade; Fig. 2 is a view similarto ig. 1 and taken from the opposite side thereof; Fig. 3 is a verticalsectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 is a corticalsectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a metal stamping,one end of which is shaped to rovide a handle and the opposite end jo'fwhich'is expanded laterally to form a flattened portion on which a blade2, such as a Gillette safety razor blade, may be secured. The flattenedportion has a pair of oppositely disposed tongues 3-and 4 cut therefromand bent upwardly as shown most clearly in Figs. 1 and 4. The flattenedrtion also has an opening 5 therein and is provided with a plurality ofembossed portlons 6 immediately adjacent the opening 5.

Arranged within the opening 5 is a threaded stud 7 which is spot weldedto the embossed portions 6. The head of the stud 7 is engaged by andheld against displace ment by the embossed portions 6 and these embossedportions are fused during the weldin operation. In this manner the studis fi y secured in place and held in pro r alignment. The embossedportions '6 25:0 Serveto prevent the flattened end portion from beingburned during the welding operation. The Gillette razor blade 2 issecured over the stud 7 and the tongues 3 and 4 project through theopenings in the blade, as shown most clearly in Fig. 4. Secured over thetop of the blade is a reversible plate or guard 8, one end of which isbent downwardly as shown at 9 to protect the cutting edge of the-blade.A knurled nut 10 issecured over the threaded end of the stud 7 andfirmly clamps the blade in place. It will be clear that when the sheathor guard 8 is reversed from the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3 thecutting edge of the blade will be exposed.

It will now be clear that I have provided a tool of the characterdescribed which accomplishes the object of the invention as hereinbeforestated. Various changes may be made in the details of constructionwithout departing from the spirit of my invention andI wish my inventionto be limited only -in accordance with the scope of the ap ended claims.

aving thus described my invention, what i I claim is:

1. A scraper of the character set forth comprising a sheet metalstamping having a flattened portion one edge of which is straight and ahandle, a pair of tongues cut out of said flattened portion and bent up:

wardly therefrom, a screw spot welded to said flattened portion at aplurality of points and projecting upwardly therefrom, a blade securedover said screw and tongues and having its cutting edge projectin beyondsaid straight edge and arallel t ereto a guard secured over said ladeand holdlng the same in place, said guard being reversible and'having adownturned edge adapted to project over and protect the cutting edge ofsaid blade when secured in one sition and to uncover the cutting edge 0said blade when secured in another position and means for holding saidguard in place.

2. A scraper of the character set forth comprising a sheet metalstamping having one end expandedlaterally to form a flab tened portionand its opposite end shaped to define a handle, one edge of saidflattened portion being straight and disposed at right an les to theaxis of the handle, a screw we ded to said flattened portion at aplurality of points and projecting upwardly therefrom, said flattenedportion having a pair of spaced tongues cut out and bent'upwardlytherefrom, a blade secured over said studs and having one edgeprojecting beyond and parallel to said straight edge and a guard securedover said stud and projecting tongues, said guard being reversiblewherebythe same may be secured in a position to protect the cutting edgeof said blade and means for holding said guard in place.

3. A scraper of the character described comprising a handle formed froma single piece of metal, said late being extended laterally to form aattened portion at the front end thereof and having a straight edge,said flattened portion having a pair of spaced studs cut out and bentupwardly therefrom, a blade secured over said studs and having its frontedge projecting beyond and parallel with the edge of said flattenedportion, and a guard secured over said blade, said guard beingreversible whereby the same may be secured in a position to protect thecutting edge of said blade and means for securing said guard againstdisplacement.

4. A scraper of the character set forth comprising a metal stampinghaving a flattened portion and a handle, one edge of said flattenedportion being straight, a centrally disposed opening in said flattenedportion, said flattened portion having a plurality of embossed portionsthereon adjacent said opening, said flattened portion also having aplurality of spaced tongues cut out and bent upwardly therefrom, a screwprojecting through said opening and having its head spot welded to saidembossed portions, a blade secured over said screw and tongues andhaving one edge projecting beyond and parallel to said straight edge, aguard secured over said blade, said guard being movable to a position toprotect the cutting edge of said blade and means for securing said guardin place.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature.

MARCUS E. KANTER.

